Track By Track

As voted for by you, we're celebrating 35 years of Erasure's fourth studio album, Wild! And it's our third brand new Erasure episode of the year, as we've also been track by track through I Say I Say I Say and The Violet Flame. Head over to Team Track By Track on Patreon to get our Chorus, Snow Globe and Further Listening episodes: https://www.patreon.com/trackbytrackukLet us know your thoughts on...

Dusty Springfield on Track By Track - legends talking about legends. We're discussing Dusty's 1990 full out pop album 'Reputation' and with a great TBT-appropriate link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oasis make their Track By Track debut on this episode, and we're starting from the beginning of their career with the album that shot them into the public consciousness, as you'll hear with very good reason. Let us know your Oasis memories, and which album of their we should discuss next @trackbytrackuk and hellotrackbytrack@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you believe it's been three years since we were joined by Mr. Pete Wiggs himself to discuss Saint Etienne's latest studio album, I've Been Trying To Tell You, as well as their debut, Foxbase Alpha? And what an absolute joy he was to talk to. (Dan accidentally says it's been two years on the episode...) To celebrate this momentous occasion we're releasing our Saint Etienne episode of Further Li...

We said there'd be more Erasure in 2024, and we've kept our 'Promises' (wink wink, nudge nudge). Didn't want to give you any, ahem, 'Reason' to fall out with us. And we'll leave the terrible puns there. This week we're celebrating 10 years of Erasure's The Violet Flame. Their sixteenth studio album saw them return to the Top 20 UK Albums chart for the first time in over a decade, as Richard X join...

Surprise! For this epic album we couldn't squeeze it all into one episode (…we talked a lot), so here’s side B of Introspective, and our Further Listening choices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy 6th Birthday to us! And here we go with our penultimate track by track dive into a Pet Shop Boys album: the epic, but oh so short, IIntrospective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All this Britpop talk has gotten us heading back into the archives for this new episode. We’re talking about 1996's The It Girl from Sleeper — another band from the nineties out there showing their 'Cool Britannia' credentials, and still out there today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As voted for by you, for our belated Duran Duran Appreciation Day celebrations we're going track by track through their third studio album, Seven And The Ragged Tiger. And there's much to discuss with this one, including new producers, huge chart positions and some stellar album tracks, despite what the original reviews might have said. Let us know your thoughts @trackbytrackuk, and to catch up wi...

Following their only UK date this year, which we were lucky enough to be in attendance for, we're sharing our New Order episode of Further Listening, where you'll find ten deep cuts from the Manchester music legends. Let us know your thoughts on our picks (and what yours would be) on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If only we could turn back time... Well we have in this new episode where we dig deep into the archives for our fun and energetic take on Aqua's debut album, Aquarium. Is it a cheesy hit of dopamine or something more? You decide! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've enjoyed Ian Wade's music musings for many years now, so we were thrilled when he announced his debut book, 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer. On our first bookish episode we're joined by Ian to discuss the book, 1984 (not the novel), and some of the key artists and tracks featured in the book and mammoth playlist that accompanies it. Let us know your thoughts on the episode, the tracks and the b...

Ahead of them headlining Latitude, we're sharing ten of our favourite Duran Duran deep cuts on the latest episode of Further Listening. It's unlikely any of these gems will make the setlist, but we're sure you're going to love them... Maybe you already do? As always do let us know your thoughts @trackbytrackuk or via good old email: hellotrackbytrack@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

In our second new episode this week we’re talking about our favourite male pop duo (who are brothers), SPARKS! This time we’re diving in to their 1979 record, ‘No. 1 in Heaven’ a collaboration for the ages with Giorgio Moroder. If you haven't heard their work before join us to find out why we think they're one of the greats, with a lifetime spanning career, and still going strong now. Also a great...

FINALLY, after being asked to feature Prince on the podcast for SO long, we're going track by track through one of his albums - and what an album! Purple Rain is one of those that appears on every 'best album ever' list, and was at #4 on Apple Music's recent Top 100 Albums. So join us as we discuss the album, some iconic singles, stunningly-titled b-sides and demos, the film, the stories from behi...

We're headed way back in this episode to early in Kylie's career and discussing Let's Get To It. Her fourth album saw Kylie start to branch away from her signature SAW sound in the first of many glorious reinventions. There is much to enjoy and reminisce about, so join us and let us know your memories @trackbytrackuk & hellotrackbytrack@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

It's Glastonbury week, which means this time last year we were counting down the days until Blondie took to the Pyramid Stage for the first time in 24 years. But on this episode we're celebrating 10 deep cuts that didn't fill the setlist. Let us know your thoughts on the band and our choices on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode we're joined by Will Gregory to discuss the debut album from his Moog Ensemble: Heat Ray. Will takes us track by track through the collection that tells the story of Archimedes' life, and of course there's some Goldfrapp chat too. Let us know what you think to the episode and the album on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

It's almost time for Glastonbury which means it's almost been a year since Elton John's monumental headline show, performing to one the biggest (if not *the* biggest) crowds the festival has ever seen. To celebrate we're bringing you an updated version of our Too Low For Zero episode, originally released on Patreon last year to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Let us know your thoughts not the epis...

We are celebrating The Killers debut album on this brand new episode, as we talk through 'Hot Fuss', the start of a long and successful career for the cream of Las Vegas. The hallmarks were all there from the start including two of their biggest songs to date. What are your memories and thoughts on the album? Let us know @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On our second episode of Further Listening that we're sharing across all podcasting platforms, we're delving deeper and deeper into the Queen of Pop's back catalogue. Following her record breaking Celebration tour finale, we're discussing ten tracks that aren't greatest hits, but are of course great pop creations. Let us know your thoughts on the socials @trackbytrackuk Hosted on Acast. See acast....

So far we've been track by track through three Erasure albums - The Neon, Chorus and Snow Globe, as well as the ABBA-Esque EP - so we know we've got a lot of catching up to do. This week we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of I Say I Say I Say - Andy Bell and Vince Clarke's sixth studio album, following the release of their first greatest hits collection. With Martyn Ware on board as producer,...

This week we're back with one of our favourite girl groups - Girls Aloud. This time we're talking about their fourth studio album from 2007 'Tangled Up'. As ever we celebrate the five princesses of pop and enjoy some deeper dives into the music scene of the time which will hopefully educate, entertain and stir up some old musical memories from seventeen (!) years ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

In this brand new episode, we're celebrating 30 years since the release of this seminal Blur album. Join us as we travel back to the 90's and the rise of Britpop to see what this quartet of fresh faced Londoners did on their make or break third album, and why it still hits all the right notes three decades later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Further Listening, the series where we delve even deeper into the back catalogues of some of our favourite artists. We're kicking things off with the band who inspired the Track By Track podcast and the name of this series... It's Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe AKA Pet Shop Boys. This series was first released as a Patreon exclusive, however we're now sharing the episodes across all podcas...